News & Events

We had a great 30th annual Lurie Ceremony this fall. Chancellor Mone and much of the Lurie family was in attendance as we presented the Melvin Lurie Student Award to Mary Griefenkamp. Mary earned her MHRLR degree 28 years after … Continue Reading »

Late February saw seven MHRLR alums return to campus for a dinner and to serve as panel members in an evening sponsored by the UWM Student Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). What a fantastic event! The … Continue Reading »

The 19th Labor Management Cooperation Prize went jointly to City of Madison Human Resources, AFSCME Council 32 and the Madison General Municipal Employee Associations. Following the advent of Act 10, these partners have found new and unique ways to meet … Continue Reading »

We were delighted to award the 29th student prize to Jenny Franke. Jenny returned to graduate school as a working adult after finding herself increasingly attracted to human resource issues. Through networking at MHRLR she found her first HR job … Continue Reading »

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that the Masters in Human Resources and Labor Relations (MHRLR) program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fully aligns with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, 398 programs in 298 … Continue Reading »

Trisha Adams received the Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize. The prize is given to an outstanding student or recent alumnus of the Masters in Human Resources and Labor Relations (MHRLR) Program.… Continue Reading »